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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	40mph-70mph 07/25/08 at 15:26:44 I tried mine today from 40-70 in high gear 12.5 seconds,running drilled stock muffler 147.5 high speed jet,just wondered if any one else has tried this.
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Reply #1 - 07/25/08 at 19:12:42

I got just in from a ride through farm country in the dark. Riding down a long hill with my brights on and saw the other end in the distance, and opened her up. I was doing around 45mph in 4th gear (1987 only has 4) when I hit WOT. Usually a tight hit with this bike, but sensed a bit of clutch slip there. Maybe riding 2-up was a bit much. I'll have to take a morning solo run on the highway when I wake up to see if it was the extra weight. But yeah, I open it up quite a bit but never timed myself. Don't own a watch.

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SavageGreaseMonkey13 Ex Member	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #2 - 07/26/08 at 10:52:26 i tried the 40-70 thing today and counted about 9 seconds. it wasnt too accurate because i didnt have a stop watch i just used the one-one-thousand counting method. this was in 5th gear.
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Reply #3 - 07/26/08 at 14:29:04

I gave it a try today on my way home from work. I started at 40mph on a flat section of highway with no traffic. Checked the watch and hit the throttle. When I reached 70 I checked the watch again and 12 seconds had ticked off. I'm sure there was a slight delay from the time I checked the watch to the time I hit the throttle, also a slight delay from seeing 70mph to checking watch again. So I'm guessing slightly less than 12 seconds. I was gonna try the stopwatch feature on my watch buy I'm sure I would have crashed trying.

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Jay Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1445 Fort Worth, Texas Gender:	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #4 - 07/27/08 at 02:27:04 I haven't done 40 - 70, but I did do 50 - 80 with a cement hauler that decided it would be fun to crowd my lane and force me to gear down. I suppose he thought I was on a little 250. His mouth was open when I passed him, he still gunned that diesel and tried to cut me off. Idiot.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #5 - 07/27/08 at 05:31:55 If I was gonna do it I would likely start off & just start uop thru the gears & try to click the watch "On" when I hit 40 & just keep on running hard to 70. Would that be a fair comparison? I that what you are doing? I just dont believe theres 12 seconds on there, might be, but now I have to find out..
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itschnobigdeal YaBB Newbies Offline '96 Savage Posts: 24 Duluth, MN Gender:	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #6 - 07/27/08 at 06:08:46 I counted about 12 seconds doing this last night.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #7 - 07/27/08 at 06:14:46 Justin its a high gear rollon
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Re: 40mph-70mph
Reply #8 - 07/27/08 at 06:50:15

Is that fourth or fifth on your bike Bill? I can't remember what year you ride. I don't wear a watch, but if I can figure out a way to time it without killing a bus load of nuns, I'll try it today. Mine is a four speed. I suspect we should see lower times with the four speeds, but haven't ridden a five speed and don't know how much difference there is.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #9 - 07/27/08 at 06:55:51 ohwelldontifeelsillynow,,,,,
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #10 - 07/27/08 at 07:54:57 06 5 speed
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Hard Corps Full Member Offline Freedom is worth facing your fears Posts: 236 Kansas City, Missouri Gender:	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #11 - 07/28/08 at 17:04:40 Just tried the same thing on a clear stretch of fresh blacktop county road. Running stock with a fresh oil change an ounce of sea foam in the gas tank and about 30lbs of groceries on the bike (of course, I'm only 160). Tried it starting in 4th and then 5th. Same result. Almost exactly 12 seconds.
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SV og LS Full Member Offline Kawasaki ZZR 1200 Posts: 236	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #12 - 07/29/08 at 03:10:55 Should be quicker than that. I've a magazine test from 1986 where 45 to 70 mph top gear roll on was 5.6 seconds. Couldn't find a similar figure for my SV but 60 to 80 was 3.9 seconds and 40 to 60 mph 3.27 seconds - Cycle World magazine May 1999.
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mpescatori Serious Thumper Offline Romanum Thumperium Cavalco, yeaaah !!! Posts: 3547 Rome, Italy Gender:	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #13 - 07/29/08 at 10:52:29 SV og LS wrote on 07/29/08 at 03:10:55: Should be quicker than that. I've a magazine test from 1986 where 45 to 70 mph top gear roll on was 5.6 seconds. Couldn't find a similar figure for my SV but 60 to 80 was 3.9 seconds and 40 to 60 mph 3.27 seconds - Cycle World magazine May 1999. Yah, right... maybe in 3rd gear...
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Sandy Koocanusa Serious Thumper Offline Don't blame me. I didn't vote for him. Posts: 1878 Bigfork, MT Gender:	Re: 40mph-70mph Reply #14 - 07/31/08 at 21:22:14 I'd buy the 45 to 70 in 5.6 seconds on an 86. I haven't tried it yet. Keep forgetting. But if it takes my bike 12 seconds from 45 to 70 in fourth (my high gear) I'll be surprised. 40 to 70, though, hmmm... That's awfully low speed in that gear, so I'll bet it takes awhile to get moving.
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